Show ARMY BADLY BEATEN I Column C Cut t Up In Inn L Attack o a n e I ORT LOSS MEN MENI I Jell I Ld n a aa a NIh D re A haN hils been boen repulsed in i it Il Is nor r r 1 much to 10 to fil 4 0 wit British In tho tha whole tt et the tilt hi lc s show how that thata h nine anti wr 3 a 1100 rr rn n G men n lire are mIssing S ard f Is the wort ti II II 0 ut ot uti knoWn Th pro proportion r d i k lIed Is I 80 O malt when hn the aro J l n un rs tn the hands haMs Qt t tf iy L list 1 f Ibe tI is with serious also feared eared that there gf g 11 ii 11 and equip et u I ss a I guns cuns dated ng dispatch 1 Di IOUI It It 1 r Y vf th t ti d J 1 sputters b bi by Jl i Il then heZI e ef i U 11 I J toward h twelve miles 1 i r I f J ILC had bud 20 milD g fj the ther two ot f ft r ip b rilles rl es t rr wIro I I by tl the Ie n lh h Ioe Will was h a nut was wa J the cui col J r i On ca fInt nt tt gan at o 0 m mr 11 r J tk hall L j t I i I 4 art ar 11 nW 1111 t I 1 t IL i 01 jilt jf t j jib LC t II I s i I bit I tI IL Brit it I al II tt tr t Il kt ji tt I Ir IIi II J 1 I t it It t l t tn t ti tI W i Ii I rt r to toU U 3 I with II ft Ut tb Ilta k on Sto I II IJ I J I 1 JS a toJ I th 11 mr I 1 l ae a 1 ro ud I 1 IHU I lS KU U tar far IS as it ut aoe Field ld I t 5 I I I n Irish HI S SFa Fa F I Seato 11 I I hI Y n fl Iw L l 1 Ide men k Field TU and ud Inca wound to t wounded Im th Field laj rII I l Weir T d two a ad d r ity men bb r 1 MaJ MaJc m c j Cit Capt Fletcher Capt apt Morley zi Li L ut it Wake Second LIutI I t ot oC Dor Dort Dore t e but who Was lit at litto att to t the tt t 1 ml and sis 11 t ani men ot casualties wll be bc 1 LI S C tS IS ascertained m L r s moVement lOn may be ber beI r I I a re In force It sat 41 tu t ascertain the ot of Ii or the Beers who were 4 H y hed along the Storm 1 11 lie left Sputters 7 1 at r n a ln n yesterday with Ith II a at It t JC g f If f over oer mono men ment t r Molteno at 9 In last t evening de 11 night march over oer It I u and There Will was no ax rt ft 1 tramp and no n lights having gone down 1 jU arrived lintel withIn a aI aI I cr ot f Its lis destination the 1 t ent lOt f the march ben an t I a call ot of hIlt halt un tb the Hoers bets were I col Iya II t fire opened ily IJ on the tho British front and andt rif t fInt f The 1 hi royal Irish rifles the alvance sought abel shel a kopJe kopie anti and andlee ti lee ly by the remainder I b IttIS 11 an however that this Ioa oa I lIUs w covered b Boer guns I h cr m ro than had ft The troops therefore t ft ar about halt a aWI aay WI ay two batteries In the menn menne e the Beers and covering In thIr withdrawal j 0 became general Jeneral at range sad and a detachment of oC s l In moved moed northward I tle Ie of getting on the tt I SuddenlY a 1 strong corn com 50 DUC fa leen ieee moving from the north northa tte a roi Irish rIfles and the regiment were sent senthI hI el It Itu u s discovered however that Dotts had bad machine guns well veIl Itt r Lad nd the were ore compelled a terrible lire It itu It e to hold the in the tho L t 1 or an enemy apparently superior number and artillery the on Molteno the Beers Joers lp the retirement closely closel and ond two till guns to bear on the Jr colum n 1 TImes the following zI zIb tt b from corn Gen Oen Oa Gatacre td oJ I the hoer position j 4 rg lit at dawn today Sunday el led IS wrong and we were i oile In l fours and amI after aCter n a nt att r t f march Our retire tt t lieU In excellent order t t bein I C no hurry even een at al the tho roost ti ml The rhe Iris J 7 flee IS as if Ie on review tU I f tar ar our ou loses arc heavy One tl I e lied had to t abandon b t e ot Of tho affair z In It tl likely to he have on the ar Colony who h have o ben bent been t 1 whether to throw their I them Doer Been bate ot of the ler bU C ler n are now Ikel lIkely to Join d Is II Iso s rlou because I it i he Junction of O n Gatacre nt at The for their forces to t on Lord e Our ot of lu h n a strong fON forto ItO bt rg IvI Wa quite t rn was ns the vie Ie IdeA hut But the ro rorI to rI bolto out the absence of at prop n nl tiel i r I who rho Ien t 0 oc advancing They Tey t r ahel but no casual f Three h mie norh north ot of Arundel t n 1 e Dr 30 stron r 1 te hu baa tb the fol 01 lowing dIspatch from Capetown date dated Saturday The position ot of the enemy In fn t borg berg night W was lh ho tag Ing At six rs at gO twentythree mies south ot of 20 I men Maj Elot Elliott reports thAt with a force toree hI has gone toward Dr Dor Dordrecht d cht to cooperate wih with The railway bridge lt at Modder river Wa vas December 1st Methuen re retorts orts he made n a demon domon UI the In line ot of the railway at today with artillery The en 01 only lid not respond Methuen Is ii thI tIm ot of Iris hll reInforce thefts ments Ind supplies lo lie hos has detachment nests on his lne line Of corn com reports ni nil well on No Q ember The Tho Pretoria 0 of rono renewed fighting nt at Modder river originated from the the fact that th the British wih with n a nt t team nl ot of oxen n a nu mj al gun to the top of oC a high ridge north ot of Mo Modder der river town whence they Ore fired on the loer hoer pOSE ton It at a range ranie of at GiO yards ards r the enem enemy vai on an for I a tort forty The shells ap appeared ld to do im dumag The Doer retired but the Incident I Ii interesting al as showing that the are still In position quits close to Modder river The report that It would toke take two months to 10 rebuild the Iron 11 Lord Methuen Is to ride about In 1 a do dog cart as hi his events him going on hor horseback the rains destroy the bridge there theN Is enough rUng rolling stOk on the Ule north tide side of the river to serve Lr Lord I It t Is reported that the Boors ar are busy looking at Several NI U liar I of oC work ar are beginnIng to at fot foot ot of the heights The tOre force Ore fired on by be the naval Jun gun La Is he be believed to form torm the right wing of oC the tho nem main b body v thrown forward for Cor patrolling and scouting purples purposes It ta is that the bad I reported vater at threatens an epidemic ot of typhoid A dispatch from Capetown to the Daily Mail datt dated Thursday December says News that Chiefs Khama Dathon and with their In U have then risen to attack the 10 r seriously cm corn the situation I It Is Probable that the and other trIbes wi will follow theIr example Another dated Capetown dispatch D December says I It Is II rumored here that the Boers attacked n at c lot lose last night but were Ire repulse repulsed wih with heavy ea loues louesA A A special lal from by way In of Fl Frere addressed to the tho war nr Allds to the tho account cabled Sat Saturday Saturday ot of the capture ot of the Boor guns near 11 I It says Oel Girt with cavalry and andI I artillery reconnoItered In the dIrection hii bill with a view of cutting I It the rPt at hut but hf he found the It still 1 I o I helt held The sigh elsh tenth pushed forward d drew w wa a IN tIre and suffered heavily 10 hoe hoeing Inc ing four nd seventeen teen wounded The Tho DOI Doers tired incessantly as the British slowly retired At I a special prade parade afterward len Oen White thanked len en Hunte hunter and al all e especIal I iy MaJ laJ for Cor g work I Two shallow draught river gunboats at ate l itt Chatham for tor ervice In South Arc Africa Each Elich wi will larr two 0 and tour four Maxims Frer Frere Camp otal atal Dee Dec graphic communication with Lady mih continues daily Gen Oen burger and Commandant Luis Louis ar are II in command ot of the hoer for forces In esting Their horses tre are lid said tu tob 1 tn in O condition A ha heavy WI was her In the dirton dIrection ot of Culen Colenso toay today The sund sound wa was followed b hi a big cloud ot of smoke The Th I Is th that the enem enemy has blown up the highway bridge Th rhe government has tie de to Winston Churchill who was wal captured b be between tween Ind and a cm corn and to retain him n as 1 a prisoner Mr Churchill ha has applied to Oln Gen exchange Huler Huller with a view ot of gettIng an This has hns been a quiet dl day here Tire health ot of the troops Is excellent I t Liverpool 0 De Dec In this city ot of Charles E Macrum un recently Unie United States consul at Pretoria t 1 says ho he Is returninG returning to this countr country wit Im important Information for the tho state department which he was unwilling to risk cabling Is Ills leters letters conclusively prove proe that not only was not persona non grate to the Transvaal that lie he wu was wason on the best personal terms wih with President Cabling could ont only bE be done over oer 1 a lne line controlled In pr part IJ by Ione England I It Is believed the informs tin brought by Macrum ts is from Preel dent and the purpose Is to In measures to bring the war t to a close on honorable terms t to tire Dutch republic London lAndon De Dee earl of oC Dun Dunraven raven 1011 loril lieutenant of LImerick acting under instructions from Dublin castle has removed train th the omee ot of deputy lieutenant ot of the county count Baron 1 Emly 11 who wa r recently nty removed from his posItIon DS as magistrate b by Ird Ash Ashbourne fh bur bourne lord chal ot of Ireland tJ be because cause ot of his on caus the war In South Africa e ew York York D Dec dispatch to the Tribune from rm London saye The force forces In South Africa have hae met wih with n a signal defeat This sensational news ws was an announced announced from tire tho war office at mi mid midnight night Gen Oen Gatacre admitting that he had met with I a serious rr reverse In an attack yesterday morning on Stor Storm berg In Northern Cap Cape Colony Colon The bel British general says he WI was misled b by Brish 1 as to the Boer floer position ond and found impractIcable grund ground Apparently nl he WO caught tn In In an ambush U as his casualties a as at present known arl are alarming The numbers number of dead and wounded cannot be considered In the the circumstances but the error enor enormous moos numbers number report reported missing suggest that the tho enga engagement mont inuit mut not have been unlike that of at Nek Nek ben when Gen Oen White lost so 10 heavily Gen aen army Is known to have hao been heiY heavily nt at Mod tier river with infantry and Ier artillery while Gen Ighland High Highland land brigade ha has largely the number or of bayonets available to for froat ni attack Th The ne necessity for tor this coty costly method ot of warfare has been obviated b by the ot 1 a ful full brigade of Gt Cl cay all b by Gen aen This includes three regiments ot of cavalry Dt a strong bo body of at provin del horse Two powerful of at hors horse artley have been add wih with witha n a mobility nearly nurl eual equal to that ot of cn cay airy ary army cannot number Jess than Iran 10 men inca and Is its maneuver tag Ing power hn has b tren n increased until there is II slight Justification for Cor frontal attacks wade without adequate recon Ind and scouting MIlitary men assume aume that he hB has nt not let left MOdder Iod nv nver er until the section of oC th the howitzer bat at tt r lh ammunition has ar an atm admirers laugh at the idea that Bule he wi will at lt to tore force the lu passage ot of the river II at t the Point where the BOOTS nr sire They assert that crossing with that he 11 mask muk hea heavy artillery a as In soon a as the howitzers Are Aro sent lent up from D Durban but that the main bod ot of Ile the arm army wi will go over higher b up after aUer I a feint hl has ben been made lower down that the enemy pl peel tion will b be tur turned nn Lad Ladysmith ton anti the 11 ot of the Ft Free Sisters to Inc the mountain of oft Nothing can be simpler than strategy In a co corn service club without tion from the Dof Boera London Dec the tie de fet feat of Oen D Gatacre at the Dal Daily v V V V Quito Quite apart from the tho loss los of t 6 fighting ml men the unexpected hoer Doer sue C cees wil will probably clue cause n a moro inure general and serious movement the t Cape Dutch The he government must promptly tall face this b by the Immediate of further troops The Daly Daily News p 81 sas The reeN reverse Ol Oen Gatacre has sut suf suffered I Is I a adl sadly emphatic commentary on the pular peculiar ot of military operations In a con tr try The spies ar are everywhere anti nowhere cn can We rely confidently on any Gan r Get acre satins to have hwe been completely trapped reinforced Of COUI course he wi will Ie be The Tho Daly Daily Chronicle says Y There Is ob to too much reCon reason to tot t fear ar that this Is the worst yort illustration we haw have hall had yet et ot of inadequate equip equipment ment and How far this disaster was due to 10 lack of Judgment lD on the spot anI anti how tar Ir to lack of artillery Is nt not quite clea clear but the patent patient juble public cannot help reading that Ol flea victory at Modder Ioder river wa was won b by artillery ment at the critical moment an and lt all the they would like to know is 19 how man many times learned this particular lesson I is to be The Standard says Tt he In the highest de degree re deplorable I It wi will tel tell against us un unfavorably favorably tn In the Fre Free State among the colonial Dutch dI eve even aroD the natives A great del dest of oC evidence ha 1105 been nates en accumulated the week ek to show how deeply the con colody or itt dt least leut the northern and western portions ot of I it Is honeycombed by I Our gentl generals have to cope with a rebel colony u as wel veli fB as wih with hoW hostile ICI lies and must take measures to lay their tails plans In accordance with tire the d do What Wi lt tl Wih With I It Chicago De Dec to Jhc he Chronicle from Duluth says The fhe people ot of In county are to send Admiral Dewey Dowe a lug black bea bear rent recently captured for tor a hit present Money is h being rais raised In the town by popular ton tion to pa al all the expenses Including express charges Arbitration Chicago De Dec hote ot of the for matlon ot of a permanent arbitration board as al suggested b by n ii Mad Madden Maddon don den II is now abandoned by contractors and manufacturers the strong stron an tion or of the labor lealer lenders showing Il its impossibility ton Mr Ir Madden himself do de dares he sets U hopt hope for tire the ot of the plan anti says MYS ho suggested 1 It only to give the temporary cm corn n a basis upon which to work AnUI ThREAT Would Woold mi It lt Ii lat hated Now New York Dec n special to the tho Herld Herald from Washington lays says Considerable concern lu has been tel felt In official for lome some time the fate ot of Amerian American prisoners sUI still bel held b by the tho Filipino Insurgents Tins This ts Is duo due duoto to an Intimation made by In Inn ina n a note to O Gnu n Otis OUs delivered n a month ago that grave injury might befall the tho prisoners It recognitIon of oC the b the United States Filipino by Were longer delayed I It was In answer to this threat that the t sen sent t 1 a resl message c to Gen Oen GenOtis Otis OUs for transmission to an flouncing that I it the prisoners were In an any manner mannel ire he and Ils his subordinates be held personally responsible At that time Aguinaldo was believed to b be within the tho cordon established by bythe bythe the American troops reaching from Sn San FabIan to SAn Isidre While It cannot he be learned that to the communication Oen Cen Otis OUs undoubtedly tU succeeded 0 In apprising tn him himot ot of It I Ind and knowing the ro re suit of wanton injury either to the American or Spanish I It Is i hoped her here that Aguinaldo wi will se see that they are from harm effort to secure lon theIr by threatening Injury to the Iris oner Is considered IJ by the officials as the last car cavil to be played by the In leaders I It lisa hu ben been noticed that although the insurgents ha have pr per permuted muted many Spanish prisoners to es |